1988 Super Bowl Quiz

1. Which was the only team to win the Super Bowl without kicking a field goal?

2. Which Super Bowl starter later became the first NFL player to gain 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season?

3. Who was the only man to lead his conference in rushing and play on a Super Bowl team in the same season?

4. Name the three men who have scored points for the Raiders in Super Bowl play by kicking.

5. Who was the only Super Bowl quarterback to lead his team in rushing in the game?

6. Which Super Bowl team included three players who went on to coach Super Bowl teams?

7. Which member of the unbeaten 1972 Miami Dolphins, winners of Super Bowl VII, later played for the winless 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

8. Name the two winning Super Bowl quarterbacks who wore single-digit numbers.

9. Which Super Bowl team cut its leading rusher for the season prior to the following season?

10. Which player was a member of three Super Bowl teams without ever playing in a Super Bowl?

11. Which player started on defense in one Super Bowl and offense in another?

12. Which Super Bowl winner had four players each score twice as many points as the entire opposing team?

13. Which member of a Super Bowl loser gained more yards rushing than the entire winning team?

14. Name the four former Notre Dame quarterbacks who have played in the Super Bowl.

15. Who was the only man to play for the same coach with two different Super Bowl teams?

16. Dan Ross of Cincinnati caught eleven passes in Game XVI, a Super Bowl record. Whose mark did he break?

17. Which player led an NCAA champion in rushing in one season and a Super Bowl winner in rushing the following season?

18. Which Super Bowl game was played between two teams which had had losing records in the previous season?

19. Who was the only Super Bowl starting quarterback to be removed without completing a pass?

20. Who was the first player to score three touchdowns in Super Bowl competition?

21. Which player scored three touchdowns in a single Super Bowl?

22. Who was the only Super Bowl quarterback to score more points than the entire opposing team?

23. In which Super Bowl did both quarterbacks have the same number of passing attempts and completions?

24. Which player’s first professional pass reception came on a Super Bowl scoring play?

25. Which player threw for a Super Bowl touchdown on his first completed pass as a pro?

26. Who was the first man to play with two different teams in the Super Bowl?

27. Which leading scorer in a Super Bowl game had attended college on a skiing scholarship?

28. Which was the only Super Bowl in which neither team scored two touchdowns?

29. Which Super Bowl team had six runners each outrush the entire losing team?

30. Which player caught a touchdown pass in one Super Bowl and started at offensive tackle in another?

31. Which starter in Super Bowl VI later became the first former AFL player to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

32. Name the only two teams to win Super Bowls while throwing more passes than the losing team.

33. Who was the only Super Bowl kicker to have a kick returned for a touchdown?

34. Which school produced three winning Super Bowl quarterbacks?

35. Who is the only man to score a Super Bowl touchdown and coach a Super Bowl winner?

36. Two players were on Super Bowl teams coached by Vince Lombardi as well as Super Bowl teams coached by Tom Landry. Name them.

37. Similarly, two players each played for both Vince Lombardi and Don Shula in the Super Bowl. Name them.

38. Which player was on two winning Super Bowl teams before appearing in his first NFL regular-season game?

39. Which Super Bowl team threw four times as many passes as its opponent?

40. Through Super Bowl XXI, seven different players had been in five Super Bowls. Six of the seven played for Dallas: who was the exception?

41. Name the only back from a Super Bowl loser to rush for 100 yards.

42. Which two players each led their teams in rushing in one Super Bowl, and threw touchdown passes in another?

43. Which coach of a Super Bowl team was a player on two different Super Bowl teams?

44. Which player, benched before the Super Bowl, was then named Player of the Year for his conference?

45. Which kicker had the shortest missed field-goal attempt in Super Bowl play?

46. Which player holds the record for most Super Bowl fumbles?

47. Name the only Super Bowl team which had three backs each rush for more than 50 yards in the game.

48. Which Super Bowl team failed to score a touchdown?

49. Which was the only other Super Bowl team not to score an extra point?

50. Which coach led his team to a Super Bowl victory in his first season as an NFL head coach?

ANSWERS 1. Green Bay, Super Bowl I.

2. Roger Craig of San Francisco, Super Bowl XIX, in 1985.

3. Larry Brown of Washington, Super Bowl VII.

4. George Blanda, Super Bowl II; Errol Mann, Super Bowl XI; Chris Bahr, Super Bowl XV, XVIII.

5. Len Dawson of Kansas City, Super Bowl I.

6. Dallas, Super Bowl VI: Forrest Gregg, Dan Reeves, Mike Ditka.

7. Linebacker Larry Ball.

8. Joe Theismann, Super Bowl XVII, 7: Jim McMahon, Super Bowl XX, 9.

9. San Francisco, Super Bowl XVI, cut Ricky Patton prior to the 1982 season.

10. Bob Berry of Minnesota, Super Bowls VIII, IX, XI.

11. E.J. Holub of Kansas City; linebacker in Super Bowl I, center in Super Bowl IV.

12. Dallas, Super Bowl VI: Mike Clark, Lance Alworth, Duane Thomas and Mike Ditka each scored six points, Miami scored three.

13. Tony Dorsett gained 96 yards rushing for Dallas in Super Bowl XIII. The Pittsburgh Steelers gained 66.

14. Daryle Lamonica, Super Bowl II: Terry Hanratty, Super Bowl X, Joe Montana, Super Bowls XVI, XIX: Joe Theismann, Super Bowls XVII, XVIII.

15. Earl Morrall played for Don Shula with Baltimore in Super Bowl III and Miami in Super Bowls VII and VIII.

16. George Sauer of the Jets, who caught eight passes in Super Bowl III.

17. Tony Dorsett, with the University of Pittsburgh in 1976 and Dallas in 1977.

18. Super Bowl XVI, San Francisco-Cincinnati.

19. Tony Eason of New England, Super Bowl XX.

20. Franco Harris scored his third and fourth Super Bowl touchdowns in Super Bowl XIV.

21. Roger Craig, Super Bowl XIX.

22. Jim McMahon of Chicago, Super Bowl XX; he scored twelve points, New England scored ten.

23. Super Bowl XIII: Terry Bradshaw of Pittsburgh and Roger Staubach of Dallas each completed 17 of 30 passes.

24. Percy Howard of Dallas, Super Bowl X.

25. Lawrence McCutcheon of the Los Angeles Rams, Super Bowl XIV.

26. Bill Curry; Green Bay, Super Bowl I and Baltimore, Super Bowl III.

27. Jan Stenerud of Kansas City, Super Bowl IV (Montana State).

28. Super Bowl III: New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7.

29. Chicago, Super Bowl XX: Walter Payton 61, Matt Suhey 52, Dennis Gentry 15, Thomas Sanders 15, Jim McMahon 14, Calvin Thomas 8 (New England rushed for 7).

30. Larry Brown of Pittsburgh; Super Bowls IX, XIV.

31. Lance Alworth.

32. Dallas, Super Bowl XII; Washington, Super Bowl XVII.

33. Mark Moseley of Washington, Super Bowl XVII.

34. Alabama: Bart Starr, Super Bowls I, II; Joe Namath, Super Bowl III; Ken Stabler, Super Bowl XI.

35. Mike Ditka, Super Bowls VI, XX.

36. Herb Adderley, Forrest Gregg.

37. Bill Curry, Marv Fleming.

38. Cliff Stoudt of Pittsburgh, Super Bowls XIII, XIV.

39. Minnesota, Super Bowl VIII: 28 passes to Miami’s 7.

40. Marv Fleming.

41. Tom Matte of Baltimore, Super Bowl III.

42. Len Dawson of Kansas City, Super Bowls I, IV; Robert Newhouse of Dallas, Super Bowls X, XIII.

43. Forrest Gregg played for Green Bay and Dallas and coached Cincinnati.

44. Earl Morrall of Miami, Super Bowl VII.

45. Rich Karlis of Denver, Super Bowl XXI (23 yards).

46. Roger Staubach, five.

47. San Francisco, Super Bowl XIX: Wendell Tyler 65, Joe Montana 59, Roger Craig 58.

48. Miami, Super Bowl VI.

49. Minnesota, Super Bowl IX.

50. Don McCafferty of Baltimore, Super Bowl V.